Morska Służba Poszukiwania i Ratownictwa

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Morska Służba Poszukiwania i Ratownictwa
MSPiR flag
abbreviation MSPiR
purpose Sea rescue
Establishment date January 1, 2002
Seat Gdynia
Lifeboats 10
Stations 13
Web presence www.sar.gov.pl
Paging name Witowo radio

The Morska Służba Poszukiwania i Ratownictwa (MSPiR) ( German  Maritime Search and Rescue Service ) is the state sea ​​rescue organization in Poland . She is responsible for the Search and Rescue Service (SAR) in emergencies at sea in the area of ​​the Polish Baltic Sea coast. In addition to the SAR services, the MSPiR is also responsible for environmental protection at sea and thus also performs tasks in the field of a coast guard .

history

Old rescue ship SZTORM-2

With the reorganization of Europe after the First World War , Poland received a small stretch of coastline as access to the Baltic Sea. Despite the modest trading and fishing fleet and the large sea port in Gdynia (Prussian Gdynia ), there was practically no sea rescue. At the end of the Second World War , the former Prussian province of Pomerania went to Poland, whereby the existing coastal rescue stations of the German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People came into Polish hands. However, the acquired fleet consisted only of row boats. In the first years after the war five new ships were built exclusively for sea rescue: two Norrland ships and three Galt ships . After several changes to the competent authority, in 1952 responsibility for sea rescue was transferred to the Polish rescue organization Polskie Ratownictwo Okrętowe (PRO), whose task was primarily to rescue ships and wrecks. She took over the two Norrland rescue ships SZTORM and SZKWAŁ and founded 12 coastal rescue stations for sea rescue. Until it was replaced by the MSPiR, the company carried out two major investment programs to motorize and modernize the rescue fleet, including with rescue cruisers of the R-17 type .

Foundation and tasks

PZL W-3 Sokół
Mil Wed-14

After the Polish ratification of the UN Convention on Ship Safety SOLAS ( International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea ), the Convention on Search and Rescue Services at Sea and the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Region , the necessary legal bases were created, to create in Poland the necessary facilities for sea rescue and the fight against marine pollution according to international standards. As a result, the MSPiR was founded on January 1st, 2002 as a state organization based in Gdynia and subordinated to the Ministry of Maritime Economics.

The statutory tasks of the "SAR service" are laid down in a SAR plan and a national plan to combat environmental pollution with the following content:

  • Monitoring of the emergency frequencies in nautical radio traffic
  • Search and rescue of people in distress
  • Combating pollution
  • Monitoring and ensuring safety at sea
  • Cooperation with other SAR organizations nationally and internationally
  • Measures to avert danger at ships and ports acc. ISPS code

The last investment program started by PRO for the renewal of the rescue fleet with the SAR 1500 units was completed in the year of foundation. In addition, it was decided to build the large SAR-3000 ships .

Sea rescue

Stations of the lifeboats of the MSPiR
Red pog.svgBoats of the SAR-3000 class
Blue pog.svgBoats of the SAR-1500 class
Green pog.svgSmaller RIB boats

MSPiR maintains 13 stations in order to carry out SAR services in the Baltic Sea in the Polish area of ​​responsibility. The stations are in Świnoujście , Trzebież , Dziwnów , Kołobrzeg , Darłowo , Ustka , Leba , Władysławowo , Górki Zachodnie , Hel , Świbno , Sztutowo and Tolkmicko .

For the tasks of the MSPiR, air support can be requested from the Polish Navy from Oksywie or Darłowo, which use helicopters PZL W-3 Sokół or Mil Mi-14 .

MRCC Gdynia

According to the SAR Convention of 1979 , the Morskie Ratownicze Centrum Koordynacyjne ( MRCC ) in Gdynia was set up to coordinate rescue operations in the monitored sea area of ​​the Baltic Sea . There is a sub-center (MRSC) in Świnoujście to provide support. The director of SAR services is Maciej Zawadzki.

Internationally, the MRCC Gdynia works together with the surrounding MRCC and JRCC . According to the SAR Convention , working agreements are to be concluded with the neighboring countries of Germany , Denmark , Sweden and Russia and their MRCC:

The continuous monitoring of international emergency call frequencies is ensured by WITOWO RADIO (SPS), which operates 9 relay stations along the Polish coast. The RCC Warsaw (ARCC) is responsible for air emergencies over Poland .

fleet

10 lifeboats are available as sea vehicles for this task (as of 2017). 3 of them are of the type SAR-3000 and 7 are of the type SAR-1500 .

SAR 3000 - Pasat lifeboat (2016)

The ships SAR-3000 are modeled on the rescue cruisers (SRK) of the German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People ( DGzRS ). They were built from 2009 to 2011 at the Polish Naval Shipyard in Gdynia and the Remontowa Shipyard in Gdańsk . Three motors act on 2 screws and allow a maximum speed of 24 knots . With a crew of 6, they can accommodate up to 150 people. Analogous to the SRK of the DGzRS, the ships have a RIB subsidiary boat that lies in a tub in the stern area. By opening the tailgate, the boat can be quickly lowered into the water to accommodate swimming people. It is also used to navigate shallow water zones.

SAR 3000 class lifeboats
Length 36.90 m - width 8.10 - draft 1.10 - GT 276 - engines 4,920 kW - speed 24 knots
Surname in service berth Coordinates
Sztorm since 2012 Hel 54,614 ° N  18,790 ° E
Pasat since 2011 Świnoujście 53,912 ° N  14,274 ° E
hurricane since 2010 Ustka 54,586 ° N  16,852 ° E
Status - 2018
SAR 1500 - Tajfun lifeboat (2012)

The ships "SAR-1500" have a length of 14.5 meters. They are made of aluminum as RIB lifeboats and were built at the Damen shipyard in Gdynia. Similar boats are also used in large numbers by the KNRM in the Netherlands . Compared to the SAR-3000 with a draft of 2.50 meters, the ships of this type only have a draft of 0.90 meters. Two diesel engines with 500 hp each drive the waterjets , with which a maximum speed of 30 knots can be achieved. With a crew of 3–4 men, they can accommodate up to 75 people and have a range of 180 nautical miles. As with the Dutch models, swimming people can be rescued via a lowerable hatch in the stern .

SAR 1500 class lifeboats
Length 15.20 m - width 5.39 - draft 0.90 - GT 24 - engines 1,000 HP - speed 30 knots
Surname in service berth Coordinates
Bryza since 2002 Władysławowo 54,797 ° N  18,414 ° E
Wiatr since 2001 Górki Zachodnie / Gdańsk 54,368 ° N  18,780 ° E
monsoon since 2000 Trzebież 53,658 ° N  14,658 ° E
Tajfun since 2000 Darłówko 54,437 ° N  16,384 ° E
Szkwał since 1999 Kołobrzeg 54,178 ° N  15,558 ° E
Huragan since 1998 Łeba 54,762 ° N  17,550 ° E
Cyclone since 1997 Dziwnów 54,020 ° N  14,736 ° E
Status - 2018

The rescue fleet is supplemented by nine smaller RIB units. A single boat of the type Baltic Parker 900 (9 meters in length) is held as the R30 in Tolkmicko . The other RIB boats are of the Gemini Waverider 600 type with a length of 6 meters. Two of these boats ( R21 and R22 ) are ready for use at the stations in Świbno and Sztutowo . The other boats of this type complement the stations with the larger ships in Władysławowo , Leba , Ustka , Darłowo , Kołobrzeg and Dziwnów as R23 to R28 .

In November 2018, the MSPiR received seven jet skis for sea rescue operations near the coast. The RescueRunner , manufactured in Sweden by the company Save at Sea - SAR-Systems , were developed in close cooperation with the Swedish sea rescue company Sjöräddningssällskapet . One model has been tested by the MSPiR since 2016. Thanks to the soft and resistant plastic hull, the boat can safely approach and pick up swimming people. With a length of 3.60 meters, the jet ski reaches a speed of 38 knots. A rear area of ​​1.5 m² serves as a transport area for equipment or rescued people.

The MSPiR has two multi-purpose ships available for environmental protection tasks. The 'Kapitan Poinc' (built in 1996 Damen Shipyards Gdynia) acts as an emergency tug and fire-fighting boat and the 'Czesław II' (built in 1988) is used to combat oil spills at sea. Both ships also have medical emergency facilities on board.

  • SAR R-27 RIB boat Poland (2013)

  • RescueRunner jet ski

  • Emergency tug Kapitan Poinc

  • Czezlaw II oil combat ship

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ sar.gov.pl History of Polish Sea Rescue (Polish)
  2. ↑ sar.gov.pl Legal basis for the MSPiR (English).
  3. ↑ sar.gov.pl Tasks of the MSPiR (English).
  4. ↑ sar.gov.pl MRCC Gdynia (English).
  5. ↑ sar.gov.pl ships of the MSPiR (English).
  6. ↑ Transfer of the RescueRunner to MSPiR on pinterest.de , accessed on April 23, 2020